News &amp; Features - May 2013

Americorps volunteers, Amy Tyilliann, front, and Ashley Sandmann, back, place sandbags around a home in Poudre Park to help protect it from flooding on Monday May 20, 2013.

Americorps volunteer Meg Conely, center, shares a laugh with Shawn Decker, right, and Russ Lee as they unload sandbags from a van in Poudre Park on Monday May 20, 2013. They came to help residents in the town secure their homes from flooding in the High Park fire area.

Colette Williams, 10, a fourth-grader at HMS Richards Adventist School on the Campion Academy campus in Camion, gets a hug from resident Sharon Bucklen at the Good Samaritan Village in Loveland on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Students from the school had their last visit for this school year with their adopted grandparents at Good Samaritan Village.

Acupuncturist James Damman uses a technique called moxibustion, burning the herb mugwort on the knee of his patient, Dr. Alex Rowell, at his Loveland office on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

Vietnam veteran, Valentine Roberts (left) and David Sears (right) introduce themselves before heading out in the boats for a day of fishing, at Loveland lake, during the Warriors on the Lake event on Saturday May 18, 2013. (photo by Lilia Munoz)

Vietnam veteran, Valentine Roberts, returns from a successful day of fishing at Loveland Lake, at the Warriors on the Lake event on Saturday May18, 2013. (Photo by Lilia Munoz)

Bailey Gibson, front, and Abby Simpkins, back, draw pictures while sitting at desks inside the Lone Tree School at North Lake Park during an ice cream social held by the Loveland Museum/Gallery in Loveland on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Levi Daly, 2, takes a bite of his ice cream as he sits in front of the Lone Tree School at North Lake Park during an ice cream social held by the Loveland Museum/Gallery in Loveland on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Dixie Schmatz, left, is presented with flowers by her daughter, Katie Schmatz, moments after being honored as the Rotarian of the Year by the Loveland Rotary Club at The Garden Room in Loveland on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

Rebecca Marsh, principal at Van Buren Elementary School, gets students excited during a pep rally from the roof of the school in Loveland on Friday, May 24, 2013. She promised third-grade students at the school that she would spend the day on the roof if they increased their TCAP (Transitional Colorado Assessment Program) scores in reading. They met the challenge and increased their scores by 9 percent. Marsh said "The teachers and kids worked really hard and it was really rewarding to see those scores." Third graders gave up one of their two recesses this year to work and learn more. Jake Tucker, 10, said "Mrs. Marsh on the roof is a pretty good prize!" Fellow third-grader Hazel Guthrie, 9, said "It took our whole class to do it and it made me feel really good."

Thompson Education Foundation former president Stu Boyd, right, gives his approval to the awarding of the foundation's "Creativity Grant" to art teacher Megan Henderson, left, while board director Gordan McQueen looks on Tuesaday morning during Henderson's first class at Ivy Stockwell Elementary School in Berthoud, Colo.

Resurrection Christian School students, from left, R.J. Ells, 13, Trent Beall, 12, and Trenton Brand, 13, discuss chess strategy while their entire classroom plays a game against chess master Brad Lundstrom at the same time on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the school.

Resurrection Christian School seventh-graders Sierra Snyder, 12, left, and Kimberly Boland, 13, ponder their next move while playing chess during class Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the school.

Resurrection Christian School seventh-grader Edward Fantauzzo, 13, watches as Brad Lundstrom moves a chess piece while Lundstrom competes against an entire classroom of students at once on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the school.

Brad Lundstrom, center, walks around the middle of a circle of desks while playing chess games in an exhibition format against Resurrection Christian School students Thursday, May 16, 2013.

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Olympic athlete Farkhod Negamatov from Tajikistan, right, looks on while teaching taekwondo students, front from left to right, Tristin Campbell, Nina Kentwortz, Tristan Feilinger and Natalie Gendill a kicking technique during an event featuring national team athletes from Iraq and Tajikistan on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Koran Academy of Taekwondo in downtown Loveland.

Tristin Campbell, left, spars with Khusrav Giyosov during an event Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Korean Academy of Taekwondo, 106 W. Fourth St. in downtown Loveland.

Olympic athlete Farkhod Negamatov from Tajikistan, right, looks on while teaching taekwondo students, front from left to right, Natalie Gendill, Tristan Feilinger, Nina Kentwortz and Tristin Campbell a kicking technique during an event featuring national team athletes from Iraq and Tajikistan on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Koran Academy of Taekwondo in downtown Loveland.

City Councilor Ralph Trenary, left, presents Boys and Girls Club volunteer Amanda White with a award during the Loveland Honors event Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at the Majestic Gathering Place, 315 E. Fourth St. in downtown Loveland.

Kim Giannone, left, and Tracey Carpe groom their Bernese Mountain Dog, Lily, Tuesday morning before showing lily for conformation at the Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America's "Rendezvous in the Rockies" dog show at The Ranch in Loveland.

Melanie Koon, from Richland, Wash., leads her Bernese Mountain Dog, Zuma, around a course Tuesday morning while participating in a drafting event at the Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America's "Rendezvous in the Rockies" dog show at The Ranch in Loveland.

Brinkman Partners crews demolish the old Home State Bank building Tuesday afternoon at Sixth Street and Lincoln Avenue in Loveland. The building is being cleared and will soon have a five-story apartment complex built on the site.

Mark Mendonca, captain of the Alpine Hot Shot crew housed at Rocky Mountain National Park, on Monday, May 13, 2013, describes the path of the Fern Lake Fire that spread from an illegal campfire in October and spread to nearly 4,000 acres, including a race through Moraine Park in late November.

Michael Koenig of Loveland plugs his Toyota Prius Plug In Hybrid car to a public charging station at a parking lot on First Street and Monroe Avenue in downtown Loveland on Monday, May 13, 2013.

After plugging his Toyota Plug In Hybrid car into a public charging station, Michael Hoenig presses a button on the station to start the charging process in a parking lot on First Street and Monroe Avenue in Loveland on Monday, May 13, 2013.

Minister for the Namaqua Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Laurel Liefert, right, leads members and friends of the congregation in singing songs about peace Sunday afternoon while participating in the Mother's Day Stand for Peace at Thompson Park in Loveland.

Marty Krenek of Elizabeth, Colo., and her yorkshire terrier "Gamber" do a lap around the ring Sunday afternoon while participate in the Trail Ridge Kennel Club's 2013 Inaugural Multi-Breed Conformation Dog Show held at Fickel Park in Berthoud, Colo. Krenek has been showing dogs for 28 years and Gambler is her 18th Grand Champion dog, though the competition was still tough due in-part to the high participation levels of the club's first show.

Tracy Morgan, far right, leads a groupof seniors in prayer during a bible study at Sterling House in Loveland on Friday, May 3, 2013. Clockwise from left are Eudora Autrey, Helen McDill, Marge Mullins, Paul Fromer and Maxine Zimbelman.

Kasie Moritz, left, is greeted by Harley Fait as she prepares to enter Bill Reed Auditorium for the Center for Adult Learning's Graguation and Recognition Night on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Loveland resident Anthony Marquez, right, and Ian Chella of Longmont chat together Wednesday, May 15, 2013 before the Center for Adult Learning Graduation and Recognition Night event at the Bill Reed Auditorium.

Loveland Mayor Cecil Gutierrez speaks during a signing ceremony for two alternative energy bills that Gov. John Hickenlooper signed on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at the City of Loveland's Water and Power Division.

Loveland resident Anthony Marquez, right, and Ian Chella of Longmont chat together Wednesday, May 15, 2013 before the Center for Adult Learning Graduation and Recognition Night event at the Bill Reed Auditorium.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, right, speaks during a signing ceremony for two alternative energy bills on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at the City of Loveland's Water and Power Division.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, middle, signs an alternative energy vehicle bill during a signing ceremony on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at the City of Loveland's Water and Power Division.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, middle, signs an alternative energy vehicle bill during a signing ceremony on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at the City of Loveland's Water and Power Division.

Sami Mann, middle, teaches a Level II dog therapy class with her service dog Bravo to Tisha Wernersbach, back left, with her dog Sakora and Sheryl Daniel and her dog Rufus on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at First United Methodist Church in Loveland.

An Airstream camping trailer recently purchased by Larimer County to be used as a rental unit is parked Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Horsetooth Reservoir's Southbay Campground.

Thompson Valley High School junior Blake Russell, right, poses for a photo sitting at the piano as band director Robert Pippin leads a class in Loveland on Friday, May 10, 2013. Blake composed a piece, "Faith: A Dark Storm," which the symphonic band will perform during Pippin's last concert.

Billy Daniels, owner of Chaulkboard Gourmet Express food cart, adds some of his home-made red chili to tacos for a customer on Sixth Street and Cleveland Avenue in downtown Loveland on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Daniels, a gourmet chef who spent 20 years in corporate food service, pulls his food cart behind a bright yellow Mini Cooper to breweries and businesses in the area.

Water fills Foote Lagoon at the Civic Center in downtown Loveland on Thursday, May 9, 2013 after it was drained so crews could do some maintenance work.

Santiago Scalise signs his name to one of his black and white photographs he has hung Tuesday afternoon in the Loveland Feed & Grain building in downtown Loveland, Colo. Middle school kids in the LISA program will be showing their black and white photographs in an art show this Friday.

Artist Tedi Jensen sketches in her studio at Artworks Loveland on Friday, May 3, 2013 in downtown Loveland. Artworks Loveland is a non-profit where artists rent studio space and work in a community type environment.

With one of his mixed-media pieces in the foreground, Andrew Svedlow uses oil pastels in his studio at Artworks Loveland on Friday, May 3, 2013 in downtown Loveland. Artworks Loveland is a non-profit where artists rent studio space and work in a community type environment.